Manifold clamp



J. F. SEICHTER. MANIFOLD CLAMP.

APPLICATION FILED APR-22. 1921.

1,402,381 Patented Jan. 3, 1922,

JOSEPH FRANK SEICHTEIR, OF IPUTNAIII, ILLINOIS.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH FRANK SEICH- 'lER a citizen of the United States, residing at Futnam, in the county of Putnam, in the State of Illinois, have invented a new manifold clamp, entitled Independent Manifold Clamp, for Ford motors and many other motors having the same style manifolds, of which the following is a specification.

My original idea is to have the gas intake manifold fasten separately and the exhaust manifold separately, so that either can be detached without disturbing the other.

Following are some of the advantages and features:

Easy detachment of carburetor by inexperienced aut'oists.

Easy removal of carburetor to clean needle of sediment and quick replacement by any one.

Only two (2) gaskets to watch and to put in place instead of six (6) at one time.

Four (4) nuts to draw gas manifold on tight insures against leaks.

Less strain on bolt threads as there is twice as much thread surface.

Warping of exhaust manifold does not ef fect gas connections.

Overheated exhaust manifold does not expand and contract intake gaskets. Likewise the exhaust manifold can be removed without disturbing the gas tight connections of intake manifold.

Heavier gaskets may be used on intake manifold or on either set. They need not be same thickness for both sets, thereby allowing exhaust manifold gaskets to beef a nonburning material such as copper and the intake manifold gaskets of a special fiber such as cork. The intake gaskets can be drawn especially gas-tight because the tension is direct and has four (a) nuts instead of two (2).

Fig. l is an elevation showing my improvement applied to the manifolds.

. Fig. :2, is a section on line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig.7 3 shows an elevation-and plan of the clamp applied to the intakemanifold and Fig. 4: an elevation and plan of the clamp applied to the exhaust manifold.

In Figs. 1 and 2, N indicates the intake manifold of an external combustion engine Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 3, 1922.

Application filed April 22, 1921. Serial No. 463,829.

having ends I which close the intake ports in the engine casing; A gasket may be placed between the flanged ends and the body wall, which gasket is preferably made of fiber such as cork, so as to form a gas tight joint. The ends I are held in such position by means of my improved clamp A shown in F ig. 3. Clamp A is provided with slots so as to enable the operator to insert it laterally on the stud bolts D. By means of nuts C this clamp may be tightened to a greater degree than the common type because of the fact that two nuts are provided for each clamp instead of one. The usual stud bolt must be screw threaded a little closer to the engine casing than is usual.

The exhaust manifold is indicated by hi and has the usual type of exhaust port openings E, provided with non-burning gaskets such as copper. These openings of the exhaust manifold are secured in position by means of the new clamp 3 shown in Fig. at. This clamp is likewise provided with two nuts F for securing the exhaust manifold to the wall. The clamps A and B are preferably made of flat steel about of an inch wide. It will be seen that by this construction either clamp may be adjusted or removed without disturbing the other. Exhaust manifold clamp B may be removed by removing the nuts F, and intake manifold clamp A may be removed by loosening nuts C and sliding the clamp laterally the stud bolts.

These drawings especially illustrate the use of the clamp on Fords.

I claim:

For use with an internal combustion engine, a manifold clamp to cooperate with the intake manifold, having a plurality of slots therein, a second manifold clamp to cooperate with the exhaust manifold, said second manifold clamp having a plurality of holes there through and stud bolts secured to a fixed wall, and passing through the slots in the first mentioned manifold clamp and through the holes in the second manifold clamp, and nuts threaded on said bolts so that either manifold clamp may be adjusted or removed independently of the other.

JOSEPH FRANK SEICHTER. 

